(a) Existing fees and charges continued.-- All existing fees and charges and all fees and charges hereafter fixed by statute or pursuant to existing statutory authority shall continue in effect until superseded by fees and charges fixed pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 1725 (relating to establishment of fees and charges). (b) Pittsburgh Magistrates Court.-- Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the salary and expenses of the judges of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall be paid by the City of Pittsburgh. (c) Pennsylvania Judicial Center.-- For the purposes of 42 Pa.C.S. § 3703(b) (relating to local chamber facilities) and 42 Pa.C.S. § 3704(b) (relating to local facilities for holding sessions of Statewide courts) the Pennsylvania Judicial Center shall not be deemed to be located in a county until the facilities specified in 42 Pa.C.S. § 3703(a) and 42 Pa.C.S. § 3704(a) are provided by the center. (d) Philadelphia Law Library.-- Until otherwise provided by statute, in every county of the first class: (1) There shall be charged and set apart by the officer receiving the fees fixed under 42 Pa.C.S. § 1725 and remitted monthly to the treasurer of the bar association or other nonprofit corporation operating the public law library of such county an amount equal to 20% of the filing fees at the time in effect for the probate of wills, the issue of letters testamentary, the issue of letters of administration and the filing of accounts with the register of wills, the filing of accounts of trustees and guardians in the court of common pleas of the county and of all filings in the office of the prothonotary of the county. (2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any actions taken or initiated by any political subdivision. (3) The written receipt for said moneys of the treasurer of such bar association or nonprofit corporation, as the case may be, shall be the only legal discharge of such officer. (4) The Department of General Services shall annually, and free of charge, distribute to the treasurer of each such bar association or nonprofit corporation, as the case may be, for the use of its library, 60 copies of the Laws of Pennsylvania for the purpose of enabling the said library to exchange a copy of the said laws for a copy of similar publications of other states and of the territories of the United States of America. (e) Allegheny County Law Library.-- (Repealed). (e.1) Second class A county law libraries.-- (Repealed). (f) Manner of expenditure of local funds.-- (Repealed). 1980 Amendments. Act 142 repealed subsec. (f) and Act 191 amended subsec. (d). 1984 Partial Repeals. Section 20 of Act 127 of 1984, known as the Sheriff Fee Act, provided that section 24(a) is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 127. Section 4 of Act 188 of 1984, referred to as the Philadelphia Quarter Sessions Clerk Fee Law, provided that section 24(a) is repealed insofar as it relates to fees collected by the Clerk of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia. 1982 Partial Repeals. Section 7 of Act 85 of 1982, known as the Second Class County Prothonotary Fee Act, provided that section 24(a) is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 85. Section 2 of Act 158 of 1982, referred to as the Clerk of Courts Fee Law, provided that section 24(a) is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 158. Section 6 of Act 203 of 1982, referred to as the Prothonotary Fee Law, provided that section 24(a) is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 203. 1981 Partial Repeals. Section 3 of Act 57 of 1981 provided that section 24(a) is repealed insofar as it relates to fees collected by registers of wills in second through eighth class counties. Section 1 of Act 57 established fees for fifth through eighth class counties and section 2 continued existing fees and charges in second through fourth class counties and prohibited their increase except by an act of the Legislature. Section 3 of Act 58 of 1981 provided that section 24(a) is repealed insofar as it relates to fees collected by clerks of the orphans' courts in second through eighth class counties. Section 1 of Act 58 established fees for fifth through eighth class counties and section 2 continued existing fees and charges in second through fourth class counties and prohibited their increase except by an act of the Legislature.
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